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SAMDANI ART FOUNDATION (SAF)

A discovery of modern and contemporary art from Bangladesh

Collectors:

Nadia & Rajeeb Samdani

Address:

Level 5, Suite 501 & 502

Shanta Western Tower

186 Gulshan—Tejgaon Link Road

Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka-1208

Bangladesh

Tel +880 2 8878784-7

info@samdani.com.bd

www.samdani.com.bd

By appointment only.

Globalization has put previously ignored countries on the art map—Bangladesh, for example. Bangladeshi industrialist Rajeeb Samdani and his wife, Nadia, are well aware of this, so their aim is to acquaint an international audience with art from their country. In April 2011, they opened a foundation to promote local art via exhibitions and events like the Dhaka Art Summit. Their collection, spread over three floors of their private home, includes local artists such as Shumon Ahmed, Joydeb Roaja, Tayeba Begum Lipi, and Mahbubur Rahman, alongside international artists such as Laure Prouvost, Lee Ufan, Prabhakar Pachpute, Tony Oursler, Michael Armitage, Huma Bhabha, or Maria Taniguchi. With the Samdani Art Centre and Sculpture Park, the couple is opening another exhibition venue in the northeast of Bangladesh, in Sylhet, at the end of 2018. In the park, you can see works by Paweł Althamer, Subas Tamang, and others.